International Customs
Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
Customs mulls stiffer punishment in Thailand
BANGKOK: The Customs Department is considering raising the punishment for those who understate the declared prices of imported goods, with...
PMI posts rise but remains in recessionary territory
ATHENS: Greece’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed an improvement in April compared to March, but remained below the 50-point level...
Spanish banks launch wave of job cuts and branch closures
MADRID: Spanish banks, which slimmed down after a property boom went bust in 2008, are once again closing branches and...
Iran’s oil exports rises above 2 mln barrels a day
TEHRAN: Iran's oil exports have risen above 2 million barrels a day, the official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday,...
Afghan commodities to be exported through Chabahar: Minister
KABUL: Afghanistan on Wednesday evinced a keen interest in exporting commodities and minerals to different destinations around the globe through...
Maersk Q1 profits plunge
COPENHAGEN: Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk yesterday said that first-quarter underlying profit plunged to US$224 million from US$1.5...
Royal Dutch Shell’s profits drop by 89%
AMSTERDAM: Royal Dutch Shell PLC yesterday announced an 89 percent drop in net profit for the first quarter, blamed on...
Sercomm’s Q1 profits rise by 87% to $10.78m
TAIPEI: Broadband and telecommunications equipment maker Sercomm Corp yesterday said that it recorded a strong rise in first-quarter profit, boosted...
Tobacco drives Indonesia’s manufacturing production down in Q1
JAKARTA: Manufacturing was under pressure in the first quarter of 2016, with a 1.41 percent quarter-on-quarter ( qoq ) decline,...
Qatar’s real estate deals at QR580.6m in last week of April
DOHA: The combined value of Qatar’s real estate transactions during the fourth week of April (from 24-28) amounted to QR580.6m,...
South Africa imports 1.96 mt of maize in 2015/16
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa imported 1.96 million tonnes of maize during the 2015/16 marketing season which ended April 30, compared with...
Austrian Borealis to import 240,000 mt/year of US shale-based ethane
CANBERRA: Austrian petrochemicals producer Borealis will import 240,000 mt/year of US shale-based ethane for its crackers in Europe, company CEO...
Import of gold falls by 67.33% in India
NEW DELHI: Gold imports fell sharply by 67.33 per cent to 19.6 tonnes in April 2016 as jewellers’ strike opposing...
Indian utilities may import 48 mln mt coal in 2016-17
NEW DELHI: Indian power utilities that have plants based on imported thermal coal are likely to import around 48 million...
Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected illicit cigarettes
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs yesterday conducted an anti-illicit cigarette operation in Sham Shui Po and Tsing Yi. In the...
Nigerian capital imports plunge 74% in Q1
ABUJA: The total value of capital imported into Nigeria in the first quarter plunged to $710.97 million, a 73.79 percent...
US Customs seizes hard drugs worth $272k
TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers arrested three people during separate attempts to smuggle nearly 30 pounds of cocaine and...
US Customs seizes 25,000 pounds of marijuana worth $12.5m
TUCSON: The Tucson Sector Border Patrol, supported by Air and Marine Operations, participated in a binational operation with Mexico between...
EU clears 848,000 tonnes soft wheat export licences this week
OSLO: The European Union granted export licences for 848,000 tonnes of soft wheat this week, taking the total since the...
Ireland Customs seizes cigarettes, tobacco worth €11,000
DUBLIN: €11,000 worth of illegal cigarettes and tobacco have been seized in Dublin. It followed a Revenue search of two...
